paired up

earlier this year, i complete a trade with brad's blog. i got rid of a number of phillies inserts, parallels and the like, and brad returned the favor with a bunch of dodger cards.  i've scanned some of the cards he sent, and paired them up, at least to start.

those cards are a 2018 topps archives clayton kershaw and a 2004 topps all-time fan favorites reggie smith. both use the 1977 topps design with much success.

there we have two cards from 2015 topps, although they are the purple toys 'r us parallels of brandon league and carl crawford. both of these guys had their best years before joining the dodgers, but they also had some decent moments in dodger blue.

buybacks! the best use of 1989 topps cards of orel hershiser and mike morgan since they were issued in 1989. these are from the 2017 rediscover topps series of buybacks. hopefully there are still enough 1989 topps cards to buy back for 2038 heritage. i am sure that there are.

here's another pair, although it's only one card:

i somehow missed a couple of these 2010 topps legendary lineage cards, including this one of duke snider and andre ethier.

next up is a trio of mike piazza cards, starting with a 2019 topps grapefruit league greats insert

followed by a 2019 topps allen & ginter ginter greats card

and finishing with a black bordered mini

also from 2019 topps allen & ginter.  piazza has been getting some love from topps in recent years as you can tell.

here are a couple of sandy koufax cards - one from 2019 topps allen & ginter

and one from 2015 topps

that last one is a gallery of greats gold parallel insert. it's purty.

one more pair of cards, both from 2017 topps chrome

a couple of xfractors there that look pretty sharp when scanned. the checkerboard is a classic design - reminds me of a pair of vans i had as a kid.

the last card i will show is just a single card and doesn't really fit the theme of this post

still, it's a short print of world series champion walker buehler from 2020 topps heritage. interestingly enough, his pants were still a bit loose back when this photo was taken.

thanks for the trade brad!